Buy American: Ten 2014 Vehicles That Wave The Stars And Stripes - Washington Post
To outline flip sides of the argument, and issues you should consider: A vehicle is still the most labor-intensive major consumer purchase you'll likely make—and you want to keep those jobs in the U. S. , right. but we believe that they're things you should consider, alongside noting both the assembly point of a vehicle and its North American content. And if you're shopping for a new vehicle, that information is as close as the window sticker of each car. As the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA), the arm of the federal government overseeing the program, explains, the American Automobile Labeling Act (AALA) requires automakers to provide a window-sticker label that shows the percentage... so, for instance, if there's a hybrid model, or one model in the lineup that might have different components, it might have quite different numbers. And those numbers don't, of course, reflect the value of the labor put in. But just looking at these numbers is both surprising, and revealing of the global nature of how many vehicles we get are built. Source: www.washingtonpost.com
